TV Lens Week…Post 3: Studio Box Lens vs ENG/EFP Lens Canon’s Larry Thorpe explains the differences and who better? Before joining Canon, Larry was an engineer who built cameras at the BBC, then RCA where he worked on the TK42 and 44 and later went to Sony to help in the development of their studio […]
An Ultra Rare, Eyes Of A Generation Exclusive! Please SHARE! Disneyland Opening Day…Behind The Scenes Of The ABC Coverage First, this is an upload and not a link, so please share this as it is the only way to let others see this rare look at ABC’s preparation and coverage of the July 18, 1955 […]
Picture Parade #5…Early Color Testing Days At The Colonial Theater It was late November 1952 when the four RCA TK40 prototype cameras arrived at The Colonial. There was a year of almost around the clock testing of cameras, monitors, switching and transmitting equipment. The first production models of the TK40, twenty five in all, were […]
Water Cooled Studio Lighting…1944 Recently a few discussion questions have popped up…one of them on the GE Mercury Vapor studio lights that were water cooled. Yes, it sounds a bit crazy, but they had them and GE made them. Above is a page from the 1944 GE Catalog that can be found on the ARCIHIVES […]